Shreveport One of the 20 Unhappiest Cities in the United States

Shreveport has a history of performing poorly in national rankings. Especially through the methodology deployed by WalletHub. But as it's been pointed out before, WalletHub doesn't have a grudge against Shreveport and Bossier City, our area just doesn't perform well in measurable metrics.

But maybe there's a little hope here.

Even though Shreveport once again ranked at the bottom of WalletHub's "2019 Happiest Cities in America" rankings, they're actually higher than last year.

First, here are the lowest ranks in this year's study (the numbers to the left are the overall ranks, with Detroit ranking last, making them the "unhappiest"):

"In order to determine where people in America are most content with their lives, WalletHub compared more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities across 31 key indicators of happiness. The data set ranges from depression rate to income-growth rate to average leisure time spent per day."

By the way, the "Happiest Cities" included two from Texas in the top 10, with Plano actually topping the rankings. Grand Prairie, TX was #7 overall, and Austin came in at #14.

So what did Shreveport change? Did the depression rate drop? Did our income grow? Or, did the cities that fell below us just get worse? Either way, we should take our victories, even as small as they are.